I'd like to pick up the tcg, but the meta's developed so much in the past few years and I barely remember how to play it, plus I have nobody to play it with. I also can't really justify buying so many packs in hopes of getting the cards I need. I do have a bunch of old cards though.

Since you've already decided that you need Bulbasaur, Rhyhorn, Slowpoke, and Spearow, we'll keep those as a constant and only fill in blanks for the other three.

Pick Vulpix over Ponyta. It has better stats. Don't add Nidoran, because it doesn't learn very good poison moves and you've already got Rhyhorn to cover ground moves. Magnemite is a good choice, but Raichu arguably outclasses it by having great speed (110), while Magneton will have a very low 70. It also has the additional fire weakness since it's an electric/steel type.

Edit: Nvm you got yourself set up already.

Edit 2:

HewkiiDaKohliiHead:

-Spearow (pidgey is overrated)

If you're just looking for a fly-er, just use your soon to be Dragonite for flying around (and even for that needed fighting type counter). That way you have an open spot to use an electric type, because your team needs that coverage.

Naw, I want Fearow as a legititmate member of my team. Something about Fearow speaks to me more that Pidgeot.Plus, I don't want to hamper Dragonite with Fly. Wing Attack is good enough for him.

Huh, well whatever works in the end. I usually don't recommend using two Pokemon that cover the same type, but if you love Fearow that much... then it speaks to the child in me, so I've just gotta cheer you on man. Go on, destroy Blue's whole team with Fearow. Make him cry. Make him bleed.

Recently I've been playing two Pokemon games on an emulator I got for my PC; Pokemon Platinum and Pokemon White 2. Platinum is blind, but, by technicality I've already played White 2 (I have Black 2 on the my late 3DS). So, in order to spice it up, I decided to do a monotype run. I chose Steel.